- Date
- February 4, 1969
- Place
- Sussex, NJ · SUSSEX, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7617YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report April 29, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 191648
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0224 69/2/4 SUSSEX,NJ PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 354 TIME - 1040 N7617Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 104 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUSSEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION LANDING: FINAL APPROACH WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: LINES AND FITTINGS AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE REMARKS- FUEL FLOW PRES GAUGE LINE FAILED.UNABLE TO ABORT LDG,NO TIME FOR EMERG ACTION AFT UNSAFE GR INDCN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7617Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sussex
N7617YRegistration cancelled Nov 18, 2014 · Piper PA-30Airframe modelPiper PA-30Engine modelLycoming IO-320 series
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